Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:31:08 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script to monitor battery status on X220 Message-ID: <20120720053108.GD70259@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <201207201004.59451.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <201207201004.59451.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:04:59AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > I forget yesterday to share these two scripts: > > http://www.alogreentechnologies.com/freebsd/checkbattery > > checks the battery status of an X220 and shuts the machine down when the battery falls to 2% or below. > > The status is checked every minute. > > It calls the following script to shut the machine down: > > http://www.alogreentechnologies.com/freebsd/poweroff > > You must run the first script as root to enable it to power the machine off at the end. > > I found that the battery life of my machine was higher using a simple window manager like blackbox compared to things like GNOME or KDE. This might depend on the usage pattern. > > Erich Is it necessary to poll? Usually devd generates an event when the battery status and/or percentage changes. Just read the events from /var/run/devd.pipe. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlAI7RwACgkQKc512sD3afipaACfUOnOt7kxYKArxvwpepPUebHD x+oAn0Fi+VWgHjuvGiBYBzaz3X9NXiWP =hxJF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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